Legal Opinion
State v. Wells
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided April 13, 2016No. 2011-KA-0744PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
(ON REMAND FROM LOUISIANA SUPREME COURT)
PAUL A. BONIN, Judge.
1! Rejecting his claim of self-defense in the killing of Brandon McCue, the jury found Christopher Wells guilty of manslaughter, a verdict which was responsive to the charge of second-degree murder. On his appeal to us, we found that under the well-known Jackson v. Virginia1 standard the evidence was sufficient to support a finding by the jury of his guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, but we nonetheless reversed his conviction and ordered a new trial because of instructional error. See State v. Wells, 11-0744 (La.App. 4 Cir.…
2Cases cited83 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
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3Cited by4 opinions
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